Il file messages contiene ogni sorta di messaggi riguardanti l'attività del sistema. (dal file messages di stokes.dm.unipi.it)

Feb 18 17:45:49 stokes identd[886]: Connection from server.humnet.unipi.it
Feb 18 17:45:49 stokes identd[886]: Successful lookup: 1114 , 25 : root
Feb 18 17:47:31 stokes kernel: nfs warning: mount version older than kernel
Feb 18 17:59:52 stokes kernel: lockd: failed to monitor 131.114.6.146
Feb 18 18:11:14 stokes kernel: N_TXTOFF is not page aligned. Please
   convert library: libXt.so.3.1.0
Feb 18 19:25:50 stokes kernel: tty_io.c: process 188 (gpm) used
   obsolete /dev/cua0 - update software to use /dev/ttyS0
Feb 18 19:53:31 stokes sshd[1668]: log: Connection from 131.114.6.146
   port 1020
Feb 18 19:53:32 stokes sshd[1668]: log: Rhosts with RSA host
   authentication accepted for steffe, steffe on paley.dm.unipi.it.
Feb 18 19:53:49 stokes sshd[1668]: log: Closing connection to 131.114.6.146